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Compare And Contrast Christmas Carol
The film version of ¨A Christmas Carol¨ is extremely more preferable. The literature version just simply doesn't give off as much of a mood, the text is extremely too dull. In written form the story isn't pulling me in, and appears like a fantasy. The text is just not appealing, and that's the main reason why the movie is better. Although I love to read, I like watching movies better. Both the movie, and the story are very fun to watch and read. I recommend you to check them out, they'll most likely both be found at the nearest public library. Both have a great deal of actions in common, but the cinematograph consists of emotion, which improves it more than the text. Scrooge absolutely hates Christmas in both tales, but …show more content…
One of the most common is background music, novels don't have music providing you with goosebumps. Stories are far less satisfying, when it comes to pulling the reader into the story. Furthermore, lighting contradicts the viewer. For example, if a book explains a ghost, you picture a white blanket yelling boo! The movie can show you the frightening ghost dragging chains around in the dark though. My point is the film changes the mood by using lighting techniques, that the text cannot use. Then, comes language, the movie provides certain accents that let you know how someone feels, or what they actually mean. For example, the text states ¨Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer!'' This is different than if in the movie Scrooge grabs the Marley by the ear and whispering `Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer.¨ This all adds up to two totally different stories, that are based on the same one. In conclusion, the film is more preferable, due to the elements listed above. One may have been based off the other, but they are hardly alike. This is one of the most contradicted texts I've ever read, yet one of the most foreshadowed movies. Both stories are extremely enjoyable, and I personally recommend you to check them out. The perception of the tales were not alike and this was a big part of why the stories didn't sound much

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